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the newbern gazette a w b e r a r , north carolina :) printed i >. j o h n c o s 1 o h n & co vol i.j saturday \ marc ii g , i 7 gg numb 49 the effect which chriftianity produced upon lome oi its converts was fuch as might e looked tor from a divine religi on coming with foil tune and miraculous eyi â€¢ i i upon the donfetences of mankind h overwhelmed all oridly confiderati ons in r e lpectatiou of a tnorr impor tantexitlen.ee rk and the multitude of the i tk'f 1 e 1 7c cii were o one hearr and oi one fcul ; neither faid any of them that ought of th things which he poffeffedj was hi ownj ' mli hey had ail ihinjj in common neither uas there any among them that lack-ii : f'~r as many as were poireflbrs of lauds ot houfcs fold tlien , and biouglit the i>i;-er ol the things that wve fold ani j laid tllem dowi at :;â€¢<. ::. poftks feet j and diltribution was made unto every mim according a he 1 id need afts.iv nevbtthelcft thiscdmmiinity ofgbot'si however it rtrarflfeilpd '!.- gnvcrc w i <;:' the primirtve chriitiansi i no prec irni koi our imitation it was confined to tlie church st eiufalem j cinlinued noi long there j w.as nevel 1 enjoinid upo any ( u v .(..} ; in !, ajthou '. ir migi ' fuil v^-itli the particular ctrc.iinitaricesol a fm.ill a id felefi fociety isnliogi'thi ri n prafticable in a large and mixed coinmu n i t v . former t\i lowed exertion of benevo lenc is in the rtflief of beggars ne vcn.'iclefs thj indifcrtmlnu^c rejection bf all who implore our al us in this way is bv no means approved some may perifh b fuch a conduct mini jrefiitne times overr.-iken by tliiirc l^r which all oiher relief frould come t(Â»o 'â– â– ;â€¢. c lidc which rcfclutidns of thi bind couj pel us to offer fach violence to our hu manity as ni iy go near in a little.while to fuffocate the principles itfclf wiiicii is a very ferious confide rati<jn a gdoil maiij if he do not fur render himleli to his k'clir^s without refcrve will at ir.jil lend an eur tojmjwrtunitii's which come rccon^vinicd with outwhrd attlaatioue t ilillrfl'i's and iftcr a paiient hearing of the a â€¢ i lainrj h ill dip ft hunfcll by the circuir.llanccs and credibility of ihc ac count : hat h ' recei s 1 â– â– ..!â– â– .â€¢â– . ' ' â– - : i con .-â– i .:â– 11 iike the monei â– â– : endt d go â€¢ â– ; b h as keeping down the t rice oi tt'c 01 pvtivilioti in <!'.<â€¢ o a monopol or 1 riporar fcsi'vity by purchaiing the arti â– at the beft market and retailing th m i prime coil ot at a fm.ill lofs j or 1 ; ' ling if 1 bbuni 5 to a nartit i!..r !;â€¢â€¢â– ofldbohr when the price i acci â€¢â– ', 11 . < dcpreiled tin proprietors of large eftafes have it nijtln ir powct to facilitate the nviinre hfricfj apd thereby enci^urage the cfta bl hn nt of la nilifs fv hich is one oi rhe mcjj'n printers pleau 1 to pvbiijb the fjltviug extrafi for the amujmnent of jams of ' ytur tvadert nd oblige o cuflamer ; ushtch may per ha pi m'rrve in lien of a recapitulation of the i;f treffingfeencs cf eunpe charity a moral virtue which confifts in fup plying the heceflities of others whether with money counfelj aififtanccj or the like as pecuniary rcl'.ef i9 generally the mod efficacious and at the f.tmc time th;it from uiiici we ire moll ipr to ex cufe ourfelvcs this branch of the duty merits particular illuftration : and a bet ter cannot be ofiere i than what is contain ed in the following extracts it we may bepermrri to rrinke them from the elrgant ivi v il syftein of archdeacon wliether pit be an inftinft era lia'iic t it is in fict i property o our nature which god appointed and the final caufe for which it was appointed is to afford to the miferable in th coinvjuilson of their fellow creatures a remedy for thole inequalities and dtftreffes which god forefaw that many muit be fcxpol i to underrfvery general rule lc:r the uif trihiuion of property ll'.c chrit:i,;ri fenpnucs arc more cd pious and explicit upon this d;:ty tr.jn alrnoft any other the defcriptiori which guilt hath left us of the proceedings of thelaftday eftablifhcs the obligation of bounty beyond cont rovel !) . " when the fon of in.iii fhall come n his giory and all the holy angels with him then fli.ill he fit upon the throne of his gl vy an.l before him fhall he gathered ill nrtti ons ; and he ihall fcparate them one from another i ben ftiaii tin king fay unto them on his ri^ht hand come ye blcflvd oi my father inherit the kingdom pie pared for you from the foundation oi the 1 world : for i was an hungered and ye gave me meal i was tinrity and ye gave me drink ; 1 was a ftranger arid ye took me in ; naked v.t ye cloarhed me ; 1 was lick and ye viiited me ; 1 was in prifon and ye came unto me and in afinuch as ye have done it to one ot the leaft of thefe my brethren ye have done it unto me it is not neceilary to u;i derftand this pa'tage as a literal account of what will afttwlly pafs on that day suppofing it only a tcritcal dr/cription of the ruls and principles by which t e su preinc arbiter of our deftiny will re^u late his decifions it conveys the fame lrflbn to us ; it equally demonftrati s of how great value and importance thefe duties in the fight of gr.d ire and wiiat ftrefs will be laid upon them the apof ties alfo defcrihe this virtue as propitiat ing the divine favour in an eminent de gree and thefe recommendations have produced their effect it dors not nppe r that before the times of chriftianiry an infirmary hofpital or public chattj oi nny kind cxiurd in the world ; whereas njoli cuuiitrico i.j chrifici.uoni have long abounded with thffe infti:uri"ns 1 o which may be added that i fpirii of pri vate liberality fecm to fliourifh a:r;d;i the decay of many o;her virtues not r mention the legal prcvifinn for the poor which obtains in this country and wh'uh was unknown and urvthouglu ol by the molt polifhed nations ot antiquity st paul adds ifpon the fubject an ex cellent direction ; and whit-h is practica fe bje by all who have any thing to give " up<>n the firft day of the week or any other hated time let rvcry o!ie of you lay by in lore as god hath profpered him by which the apoitle may be underftood to recommend what is the ve ry thing wanting with moft men the be ing charitable upon a plan ; that is from a deliberate comparifon of our fortunes with the rcafonable expences end expecta tions of our families to compute what we can fpare and to lay by fo much tor charitable purpofes in fome mode or o ther the mode will be a confide rat ion afterwards voni cur i irun or ftation flirt is when it i mon lhÂ»n could he expetfed from us nor charity houh be private if pri vii y 1 c practicable ; v lu-n it is not more than might be expected ii may be pub lic !â€¢â– ) we cannot hepe to influence o thert to the itnitaiion of extraordinary generofity and therefore want in rhe lormer cafcj the only juftiiiable rci^n for mj king it : ublic the pretences by which men exmfe themfelves horn giving to the poor arc v;ifii us ; ; : >, i that they have nothing tofp'are h e nothing i\-.t which they have not lome other ufe j iu thing which their plan ol exjvr.ee together with the fav ings rhey have refolved to lay by will not c hrutl : never reflecting whether it be iu their power or rha it is their du ty lo retrench their expences and con iriift divir j'lm " that they may i;ive to give to them that need ;" or rather that this ought to have been part of their plad origii ally i " i hat they h.'.ve families of their own ai:d that charity begins at home a l.ntl.er is no doubt bound to adjuft his teconohiy with a view to the rcaibnable dem m ds of his family upon his fortune ; and until a futf.ciency for thefe is acqbir edj or in due time probably will be ac quired l r in human affairs probability u pnodgh he is juftified in declining exl ptnfitit liberality : icr to take from ihofe who int in order to^ive to rhofe whd want adds nothing to the lie ck oi public happinefs thus tar therefore and no rariherj the plea in quftion is an excufe for pariimony nvl an anfwer to thi'ft who folici tour bounty 3 that charity ciors not confif in giving moi.ey but in benevolence plii fanthropy love to ah mankind good nt ft of he;irt c hear sn james " jf a brother or fitter be oaktd ind deftitute ct daily food and one of ) cu f.iy ui.to tl em depart in peace be ye warmed awd filled notwithftandii.g je give the not tho/e lh:vgs which arc r.ceiipt to th body what dmh it profit i james ii 1 5 6 4 that giving to the poor is not mentioned in st paul's defcrij ti n ofcha ri-y in the 13th clirpter oi his fi*ft cpifj tie to tie corinthians this is not a defcription of charityj biitofgood haturej and it is not neceffary that every duty be mentioned in ever place 5 that they phj the poor nircs t lity n.i^m as v-cll alkdge that they pay their debts for the poor have the lame riy!,t to that portion of a man's property which the laws ffign them th.a the mart hiinui has to the remains er 6 lh.it they employ many poof perfcr.s ;" â€” tor their own fi.ke not the poors â€” otherwife it is a good plea 7 " that the poor do fuffer fd much as we imagine ; that education and habit have reconciled them to the evils of their condition and in;:ke them eafy rc'i-i t " h.^bit can never reconcile 1 uman nature to the extremities of cold hurger and thirft ani mete than it tan reconcile the hand to the touch of a icd hot iron bciules the qneiion is not how unhappy any one is but how much more happy we can friake him s that thefe people give them tohat you will will never thank you or thiik of yon for it in the firft place this is not true in the feeond place it was not for ibe fake of their thanks that > on relieved them 9 i hat we e fo liable u be ini poled upon if a dt â– enquiry be made our motive and merit ia the fame befidc that the iftrefs is generally ical what ever has been the caufe of it 10 "" hat tl ey ihc u!j apply to theif j^riflirs thisisnot alwa s prattica blc : to v.l ich we may add that there re many requifttes to a comfortable fub fiftence which patifh relief does nor al ways fupplv ; and that tlierc are fomc who would fufler almoft as much from receiving par ifh relief as by the want of it : ana uftly that there arc many the 1 cdndddl of the ipi^lei or tli oc bafion deferves to be noticed fheir foil iwefs laid down their fortunes at their feet : but f â€¢ t'.ir were rliej from taking hiiv.ur.'j - of this tin!i;nitej confidence to km â– < tliemfelvhs or crtanlifh their aa thori v that they fixui after rid of '. lis bul i .'^ ai inconfiltcnt with the mam object of their million and transferred die cuitiuly and mdnageinent of the public b de icons eleclei to thar ffi:e by the people at urge a u :â– [.) there are three kinds of charity ot*r author obferves which prefer a cljinf td attention 110 ill , ; purpofes to which tiie rich and â€¢ great can convert their endeavors by building cottages fplittingjarms ereft ing n amilc'ire cultivating waftes em baiiking the f-m draining uiarfhes and in expedients which the fiiuation of each cflhte points out if the profit of 1 ft undertbkirjr do not repay tht c pence lei tiir nutiiors "( :! â– â€¢. m 1 laca the difference to the actcunt o chanty it is true of almÂ«ft all fuch projects that the public is a gainer by them whatever the owner be arid t ; here ilie lofs can be 1 fparcd this confuleration i friflictcnt it s tÂ»etome a nh-!!i>u ot fcimc import j ancr under what circumftancea works of i charity oiight to be done in private and â– ' when they may lx made public without j detracting lrc-p the merit ot the action ; 1 indeed they ever may fhe author cf i our religion having delivt n a rule upon i this ful ijeclj which feems to enjoin tint 1 verfal lecrecy â€¢â€¢ wften tho'n doeft almsj let no't thy left hand knew what thy right hand doth ; that thy alms may be infecrer and t'.v father which fe^ih in fecret himfelf hall reward the openly i ivlatth vi j 4 from the preamble 1 to rltis prohibition it is plain iliat oiit i saviour's fole defign was to forbid tjittt [ tatton and ail pwl;lif!iir.g ol good works i which proeff ds trom that motiyf take : heed tftacyedonoi you dms before tueny to '.-â– /, â€¢â€¢: of the â€¢â– ; otlierwife ye have no reward ot your father which is in hea fren : therctofi when thou doeft thine alrosj do r.01 t u ;<\ i trumpet lefore thee is the h pocrits do in t ; e fynagogucs and in the ftreets ihai t ! y may havt glory ot n n verily i fay unto the tniy h:ive their reward v 1 there hrc nicri s for the d6ing our alms in pul/':ic beii.'.es thofe of often tat irti ; with which thorclofe our saviour's r;'.le has no coiiccrr ; lu^ij as to teftify our approb3i tion ot fome particular fpcciesof charity and to recommend it to others ; to take oil the prejudice whjch tlic want or which is the fame tl-.inc the fupprellion ot mr name in the in cf contributors mighi excite agai:ifi thr charity r 1 riinlt ourfelves and fo long as thefe motives irc free firm any mixture ofva nity they are in no danger of invading our saviour prohibition they rather fcein to comply with another direction which he has clr us : " let your liglit fo thine before men that tlxy may fee your good worl.s and glorify your fa ther v inch is in heaven it it be neccf fary to propofe a jirccife dittinftinn upon the fubject there can be nonebcttrr than the following : when cur bounty i br t the firft arid apparently one of the b-.!l is to give dated and coniiderable fums by way of peiifion r annuity to individuals of families wi h whofe be haviour and diftrt'f we ourfelvcs ire ac qtidinted in fpeakir.g ol conildefable fums it is meant or , t 1 .:. :.\ : poun .â– â– ; or ai>v other funij give t onct or di vided amongl five or fewer families will do irore good than the fame fuÂ«n diitri buted amohjjft a greater number in lhil i ling or hall crowns j and tint becaufe : if i more likely to be properly applied by the perfons who receive â€¢.'.. a poor i â– ..â– .â– .-, vl ean fir i no better life for a hilling than to drink 1 ir â€¢* hi-.!"!:i;f.)r's health and parcliafe hajf an hour's re cre^'ion tbr himfclf wodlj hardl break into a guinea for any fuch ; iirpofc of c [ foimprovivieiit as not to 1 v it bv tor an occafion of importancej lor iis rt-ntj his j cloathing fuel or ftoclc of winter's pro ; vifion jti^allili greater recomn^enda tion oi (:-,/- kind of charity that pcnlions a annuities which are paid regularly and can be expccled at t time are the onl way b 1 â– .Â»â– '. i ii e can pruvent one pan of a poor m iu's fuifciingb the dread of u ant :. but is hit kind of charity foppofes that proper objects l fuch expciiiivo be nctactions fall within o'fr private know ledge and obfervations which does not happen to all a fecond method of doing good which is in every one's power who h the money to fpare is by fubferipti on to public charities publu charities admit of hid argument in their favour that your money goc farther towards at taining the tnd for which it is given than it tai do by any private and feparate beneficence a guinea for example contributed to an infirmary becomes the means ol providing one patient at leaft with a phyfician furgeon apothecary j m ith medicine diet lodging and uir.i blc attendance ; which is not the tenth j j art of what the fame aflittance it it â– could be procured at all would coll to a i fick perfon or family of ar.y other fitua ! tion ! 3 the laftj and compared with the

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the newbern gazette a w b e r a r , north carolina :) printed i >. j o h n c o s 1 o h n & co vol i.j saturday \ marc ii g , i 7 gg numb 49 the effect which chriftianity produced upon lome oi its converts was fuch as might e looked tor from a divine religi on coming with foil tune and miraculous eyi â€¢ i i upon the donfetences of mankind h overwhelmed all oridly confiderati ons in r e lpectatiou of a tnorr impor tantexitlen.ee rk and the multitude of the i tk'f 1 e 1 7c cii were o one hearr and oi one fcul ; neither faid any of them that ought of th things which he poffeffedj was hi ownj ' mli hey had ail ihinjj in common neither uas there any among them that lack-ii : f'~r as many as were poireflbrs of lauds ot houfcs fold tlien , and biouglit the i>i;-er ol the things that wve fold ani j laid tllem dowi at :;â€¢n the firft day of the week or any other hated time let rvcry o!ie of you lay by in lore as god hath profpered him by which the apoitle may be underftood to recommend what is the ve ry thing wanting with moft men the be ing charitable upon a plan ; that is from a deliberate comparifon of our fortunes with the rcafonable expences end expecta tions of our families to compute what we can fpare and to lay by fo much tor charitable purpofes in fome mode or o ther the mode will be a confide rat ion afterwards voni cur i irun or ftation flirt is when it i mon lhÂ»n could he expetfed from us nor charity houh be private if pri vii y 1 c practicable ; v lu-n it is not more than might be expected ii may be pub lic !â€¢â– ) we cannot hepe to influence o thert to the itnitaiion of extraordinary generofity and therefore want in rhe lormer cafcj the only juftiiiable rci^n for mj king it : ublic the pretences by which men exmfe themfelves horn giving to the poor arc v;ifii us ; ; : >, i that they have nothing tofp'are h e nothing i\-.t which they have not lome other ufe j iu thing which their plan ol exjvr.ee together with the fav ings rhey have refolved to lay by will not c hrutl : never reflecting whether it be iu their power or rha it is their du ty lo retrench their expences and con iriift divir j'lm " that they may i;ive to give to them that need ;" or rather that this ought to have been part of their plad origii ally i " i hat they h.'.ve families of their own ai:d that charity begins at home a l.ntl.er is no doubt bound to adjuft his teconohiy with a view to the rcaibnable dem m ds of his family upon his fortune ; and until a futf.ciency for thefe is acqbir edj or in due time probably will be ac quired l r in human affairs probability u pnodgh he is juftified in declining exl ptnfitit liberality : icr to take from ihofe who int in order to^ive to rhofe whd want adds nothing to the lie ck oi public happinefs thus tar therefore and no rariherj the plea in quftion is an excufe for pariimony nvl an anfwer to thi'ft who folici tour bounty 3 that charity ciors not confif in giving moi.ey but in benevolence plii fanthropy love to ah mankind good nt ft of he;irt c hear sn james " jf a brother or fitter be oaktd ind deftitute ct daily food and one of ) cu f.iy ui.to tl em depart in peace be ye warmed awd filled notwithftandii.g je give the not tho/e lh:vgs which arc r.ceiipt to th body what dmh it profit i james ii 1 5 6 4 that giving to the poor is not mentioned in st paul's defcrij ti n ofcha ri-y in the 13th clirpter oi his fi*ft cpifj tie to tie corinthians this is not a defcription of charityj biitofgood haturej and it is not neceffary that every duty be mentioned in ever place 5 that they phj the poor nircs t lity n.i^m as v-cll alkdge that they pay their debts for the poor have the lame riy!,t to that portion of a man's property which the laws ffign them th.a the mart hiinui has to the remains er 6 lh.it they employ many poof perfcr.s ;" â€” tor their own fi.ke not the poors â€” otherwife it is a good plea 7 " that the poor do fuffer fd much as we imagine ; that education and habit have reconciled them to the evils of their condition and in;:ke them eafy rc'i-i t " h.^bit can never reconcile 1 uman nature to the extremities of cold hurger and thirft ani mete than it tan reconcile the hand to the touch of a icd hot iron bciules the qneiion is not how unhappy any one is but how much more happy we can friake him s that thefe people give them tohat you will will never thank you or thiik of yon for it in the firft place this is not true in the feeond place it was not for ibe fake of their thanks that > on relieved them 9 i hat we e fo liable u be ini poled upon if a dt â– enquiry be made our motive and merit ia the fame befidc that the iftrefs is generally ical what ever has been the caufe of it 10 "" hat tl ey ihc u!j apply to theif j^riflirs thisisnot alwa s prattica blc : to v.l ich we may add that there re many requifttes to a comfortable fub fiftence which patifh relief does nor al ways fupplv ; and that tlierc are fomc who would fufler almoft as much from receiving par ifh relief as by the want of it : ana uftly that there arc many the 1 cdndddl of the ipi^lei or tli oc bafion deferves to be noticed fheir foil iwefs laid down their fortunes at their feet : but f â€¢ t'.ir were rliej from taking hiiv.ur.'j - of this tin!i;nitej confidence to km â– < tliemfelvhs or crtanlifh their aa thori v that they fixui after rid of '. lis bul i .'^ ai inconfiltcnt with the mam object of their million and transferred die cuitiuly and mdnageinent of the public b de icons eleclei to thar ffi:e by the people at urge a u :â– [.) there are three kinds of charity ot*r author obferves which prefer a cljinf td attention 110 ill , ; purpofes to which tiie rich and â€¢ great can convert their endeavors by building cottages fplittingjarms ereft ing n amilc'ire cultivating waftes em baiiking the f-m draining uiarfhes and in expedients which the fiiuation of each cflhte points out if the profit of 1 ft undertbkirjr do not repay tht c pence lei tiir nutiiors "( :! â– â€¢. m 1 laca the difference to the actcunt o chanty it is true of almÂ«ft all fuch projects that the public is a gainer by them whatever the owner be arid t ; here ilie lofs can be 1 fparcd this confuleration i friflictcnt it s tÂ»etome a nh-!!i>u ot fcimc import j ancr under what circumftancea works of i charity oiight to be done in private and â– ' when they may lx made public without j detracting lrc-p the merit ot the action ; 1 indeed they ever may fhe author cf i our religion having delivt n a rule upon i this ful ijeclj which feems to enjoin tint 1 verfal lecrecy â€¢â€¢ wften tho'n doeft almsj let no't thy left hand knew what thy right hand doth ; that thy alms may be infecrer and t'.v father which fe^ih in fecret himfelf hall reward the openly i ivlatth vi j 4 from the preamble 1 to rltis prohibition it is plain iliat oiit i saviour's fole defign was to forbid tjittt [ tatton and ail pwl;lif!iir.g ol good works i which proeff ds trom that motiyf take : heed tftacyedonoi you dms before tueny to '.-â– /, â€¢â€¢: of the â€¢â– ; otlierwife ye have no reward ot your father which is in hea fren : therctofi when thou doeft thine alrosj do r.01 t u ;v other funij give t onct or di vided amongl five or fewer families will do irore good than the fame fuÂ«n diitri buted amohjjft a greater number in lhil i ling or hall crowns j and tint becaufe : if i more likely to be properly applied by the perfons who receive â€¢.'.. a poor i â– ..â– .â– .-, vl ean fir i no better life for a hilling than to drink 1 ir â€¢* hi-.!"!:i;f.)r's health and parcliafe hajf an hour's re cre^'ion tbr himfclf wodlj hardl break into a guinea for any fuch ; iirpofc of c [ foimprovivieiit as not to 1 v it bv tor an occafion of importancej lor iis rt-ntj his j cloathing fuel or ftoclc of winter's pro ; vifion jti^allili greater recomn^enda tion oi (:-,/- kind of charity that pcnlions a annuities which are paid regularly and can be expccled at t time are the onl way b 1 â– .Â»â– '. i ii e can pruvent one pan of a poor m iu's fuifciingb the dread of u ant :. but is hit kind of charity foppofes that proper objects l fuch expciiiivo be nctactions fall within o'fr private know ledge and obfervations which does not happen to all a fecond method of doing good which is in every one's power who h the money to fpare is by fubferipti on to public charities publu charities admit of hid argument in their favour that your money goc farther towards at taining the tnd for which it is given than it tai do by any private and feparate beneficence a guinea for example contributed to an infirmary becomes the means ol providing one patient at leaft with a phyfician furgeon apothecary j m ith medicine diet lodging and uir.i blc attendance ; which is not the tenth j j art of what the fame aflittance it it â– could be procured at all would coll to a i fick perfon or family of ar.y other fitua ! tion ! 3 the laftj and compared with the